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ἀντίχειρ

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e
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Full diacritics: ἀντίχειρ Medium diacritics: ἀντίχειρ Low diacritics: αντίχειρ Capitals: ΑΝΤΙΧΕΙΡ
Transliteration A: antícheir Transliteration B: anticheir Transliteration C: anticheir Beta Code: a)nti/xeir

English (LSJ)

(sc. δάκτυλος, which is supplied in Heliod. ap. Orib.48.54.1, S.E.M.1.137, Gp.4.12.13), ὁ,
A thumb, as being opposite to the fingers, Sor.1.103, Dsc.5.79, Plu.2.761c, etc.
II responsive to the touch, βόμβοι κυμβάλων Diog.Trag.1.4 (Casaubon).
III Subst. (sc. σωλήν, inverse tube of alembic, Zos.Alch.p.225B.

Spanish (DGE)

-ος
1 que responde a βόμβοι ... ἀ. κυμβάλων Diog.Ath.1.4.
2 que se opone a los otros dedos ἀ. δάκτυλος el pulgar Heliod. en Orib.48.54.1, S.E.M.1.137, Gp.4.12.13
tb. subst. ὁ ἀ. el pulgar οὐλὴ ἀντίχειρι δεξιῷ una cicatriz en el pulgar derecho, PMich.584.4 (I d.C.), SB 5661.18 (I d.C.), οὐλὴ ἀντίχιρει (sic) ἀριστ(ερᾷ) PFay.91.12 (I d.C.), τὸν ἀντίχειρα τῆς εὐωνύμου χειρός Dsc.5.79, cf. Plu.2.761c, Philostr.VA 3.46, Hero Geom.184.24.
3 que tiene forma de dedo pulgar σωλήν Zos.Alch.p.225.

German (Pape)

[Seite 264] ειρος, ὁ, der Daumen, als der den vier andern Fingern entgegenstehende Theil der Hand, Poll. 2, 145. 148, wo auch ἀντιχειρία steht; Macrob.

French (Bailly abrégé)

χειρος (ὁ) :
le pouce, litt. le doigt qui fait face au reste de la main.
Étymologie: ἀντί, χείρ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀντίχειρ: (δηλ. δάκτυλος, ὅπερ ὑπάρχει ἐν Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 1. 137), ὁ, ὁ μέγας δάκτυλος, ὁ πλησίον τοῦ λιχανοῦ δάκτυλος, ἀπέκοψε τὸν ἀντίχειρα Πλούτ. 2. 761C, Πολυδ. Β΄, 145˙ ὁ μέγας δάκτυλος πρὸς τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἀντίθεσιν ἔχει (ὅθεν καὶ ἀντίχειρ) Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 2. 11, 3.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀντίχειρ: χειρος ὁ большой палец руки Plut., Sext.